Openbsd 4.2 Beta Issues Options

[ZDevil]

I think the current 4.2 Beta deserves a separate thread for discussion.

The first issue I run into is the setting of the cpu speed in /etc/sysctl.conf.
For "machdep.maxspeed", both 520 and 450 seem not working.
I see this error message during booting:

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"sysctl: machdep.maxspeed: value is not available"

But according to www.planetofidiots.com/zaurus/ 450 is supposed to work, despite that 520 is said to be unstable under the current build. What to do?

Sidenote: i've managed to set up a NFS server on my Macbook without virtualization, and my 3200 succeeds in mounting the NFS shares to build ports there. But I am doing things a bit differently from the instructions in www.planetofidiots.com/zaurus/ . Will post a step-by-step guide soon.

[iamasmith]

Well, Miod pointed out that the ordinals assigned to the sysctl mibs have to stay assigned as they originally were. I'm guessing that there may be other ways of referencing the sysctl mib tree, possibly like other mibs.. i.e. 1.22.1.33 etc. to select nodes of a mib tree. Bearing in mind that the mib may possibly be accessible through SNMP etc.

To retain the IDs I will do what Miod has suggested and put the strings back into the cpu.h section leaving the methods unimplemented, however, my source build tree is on an NFS server at work atm. so I'll kick off a test build tomorrow morning before all my meetings start

-Andy